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London Info International in collaboration with Clarivate Analytics has announced a webinar – What makes a world class university? The event is scheduled for July 20, 16.00 CEST, 15.00 BST, 10.00 EST. In this webinar Dr Jamil Salmi poses the question What makes a world class university? The importance of tertiary education for economic growth and competitiveness is increasingly recognised not just for middle-income and advanced countries, but also for low-income ones.More

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International scholarly publisher Koninklijke Brill N.V. has acquired all shares of Sense Publishers B.V. (Dordrecht, NL), effective July 1, 2017 upon completion of satisfactory due diligence. Brill and Sense Publishers signed an agreement to transfer all shares of Sense Publishers to Brill.More

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Launched back in April, the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) aims for 100% of citation data to be freely available for re-use. This collaboration between publishers, researchers and other stakeholders is proving to be well on the way to achieving that goal.More

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Dryad and DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) have announced a new collaboration to ensure long-term preservation and accessibility to curated scientific data. Over 50,000 researchers who have already deposited research data with Dryad can count on continuous open access to their data packages with an extra layer of security and recoverability as a result of this partnership.More

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The organisers of OpenCon, a global community and conference series that aims to empower the next generation to advance openness in research and education, has released a report focused on minimising barriers to participation in conferences that convene academic communities. The report includes relevant lessons learned in organising the first three OpenCon global conferences, a conference planning checklist based on those learnings, and a self-assessment of OpenCon’s global meetings to date.More

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